The road is narrow, the gate is small...but that doesn't mean it is a slippery, legalistic path where Jesus is waiting for you to mess up so he can send you on your way towards destruction. The narrow path is the way of Jesus, it is the path to the good life...because it is narrow, it is the path often less traveled by the majority of folks. It is the path of forgiveness, mercy, justice, truth, humility, grace, creativity, vulnerability, vision. The GOOD LIFE Jesus is offering us is only found by ACTUALLY FOLLOWING the good life Jesus lead and taught, it is only gained by intentionally allowing God to develop our interior life through prayer and practice. It is also only gained when we ACTUALLY DESIRE the Kingdom of Heaven.

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." - Matthew 7:13-14